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I President-Elect Barack Orama's Victory Speech -Given on THE NIGHT OF NOV. 4, 2008 IN CHICAGO'S GRANT PARK f there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer. It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be dif ferent; that their voice could be that difference. It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled - Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a col lection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America. It's the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cyni cal, and fearful, and doubtful of what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of his tory and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day. It's been a long time coming, du tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America. I just received a very gracious call from Senator McCain. He fought long and hard in this campaign, and he's fought even longer and harder for the country he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine, and we are better off for the service rendered by this brave and self less leader. I congratulate him and Governor Palin for all they have achieved, and I look for ward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead. I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who | campaigned from his heart and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on that train home to Delaware, the Vice President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden. See Victory on Page 6
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